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Category: Productivity

Desktop Environments

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Dock

June 28, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

The Dock on the Mac desktop is a convenient place to access apps and features you’re likely to use every day. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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6 Best Free and Open Source Address Book Managers

June 28, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source address book managers.

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StarCalendar – full-featured international calendar

June 28, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

StarCalendar is a full-featured international calendar supporting Jalali/Persian, Gregorian and Islamic calendars.

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Calendar

calcure – modern TUI calendar and task manager

June 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

calcure is a modern TUI calendar and task manager with a customizable interface.

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gsimplecal – simple and lightweight GTK calendar

June 25, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

gsimplecal is a lightweight calendar application using GTK.

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Files

vimv – mass rename files using Vim

June 23, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

vimv is a terminal-based file rename utility that lets you easily mass-rename files using Vim.

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Events – adaptive calendar app for GNOME and Phosh

June 23, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

Events (previously known as Karlender) is a mobile-friendly calendar app. It uses libadwaita and can access Calendars using CalDAV.

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Files

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Finder

June 23, 2024 Steve Emms Productivity

The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell for OS X. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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TinySPARQL – low-footprint RDF triple store library

June 22, 2024 Erik Karlsson Productivity

The TinySPARQL library offers a complete RDF triplestore with SPARQL 1.1 interface and a minimal footprint.

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Application Launchers

22 Best Free and Open Source Linux Application Launchers

May 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.

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